Friday, August 2, 2013

7 Quick Takes: 8.2.13

1. So this is my 1,001st blog post. Wow! I only noticed when I logged in and saw the number. Six years, four kids and I'm still writing. Not as frequently, I realize, but I've learned to let go of the guilt of not being a consistent writer and instead letting this blog be here for me when I need it.

Someday I still dream of writing a book. But today I'm satisfied with just a quiet moment at the kitchen table click-clacking away on the keyboard. A book though. I'm putting it out there. It's going to happen.

2. My post on Wednesday wasn't supposed to be what it became. I intended to sit down and write a little update on Casa del Nash but instead this is what came out. I can always feel it inside me. When I need to take all the little bits that are floating around and cluttering up my ability to be the best me. I need to organize them. Reconcile my feelings. And get it out in the form of sentences and paragraphs. And then my life feels real again.

I will never stop writing.

3. So enough of all the heavy stuff. Updates, updates.

For the past couple of weeks our family has been playing this super fun game. And when I say super fun what I really mean is the opposite of that. What you need is this: Three bedrooms, four little kids, two cribs, a set of bunk beds and a whole heap of tolerance and patience. Sometimes I forget to bring those last two things.

The game is called Musical Bedrooms. The object of the game is to find the best kid combination within the space we have to get everyone asleep and happy before 9:00. We usually fail. But I think we're getting close.

It's tricky with two babies. The littlest one is annoyed to be awoken after he's already been asleep and the other baby is like, "HOLY SMOKES THIS IS SO AWESOME TO BE WITH MY OLDER SIBLINGS! I WAS IN A BEDROOM BY MYSELF FOR MY WHOLE LIFE AND I HAD NO IDEA HOW BORING THAT WAS! LET'S JUMP! AND SCREAM! QUICK, THROW EVERYTHING OUT OF MY CRIB! WAIT, I WANT MY NUKIE! I'M GOING TO CRY FOR MY NUKIE. I'M GOING TO SCREAM FOR MY NUKIE! WILLIAM, GET OUT OF BED AND HELP ME! OK, NOW PLAY PEEK-A-BOOK WITH ME. OK, NOW GET ME ONE OF YOUR BOOKS. I'M GOING TO RIP YOUR PAGES OUT. THIS IS GREAT, GUYS. SUPER FUN. YIPPEE! PAAAAAAAAAAR-TAY!"

Like I said, tricky.

4. This is the time of year when everyone collectively hangs their heads and somberly says, "Summer's over." And when I say, "Crap, still another month until school starts." Aside from a gymnastics class here and a golf league there, I'm out of camps which means I have to go inside my own head to think up new and exciting things to do for the next few weeks. It's going to be R-O-U-G-H. Hang on, folks.

5. On the up side, however, college football season is just around the corner. And I have to remind any of my newer readers within the past year or so that I am not at all being sarcastic. I had this idea of writing a series of posts on a girl's guide to loving football. What are your thoughts on this? If you like it, what would you want to hear about?

6 & 7. And since I desperately need to shower before nap time is over, I'm going to burn my last two takes with cabin vacation photos since I never posted any. ENOY!